I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase ‘freedom of the press’ used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.
HAROLD WILSONGiven a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don’t have a lot of difficulty.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.
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If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.
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